hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
have been hating
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present perfect progressiveof hate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"I must say, sir, that I have been hating him cordially."
From The Landloper by Day, Holman
I have been hating you, and trying to think of some way to keep you and Victor Dorn apart.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
And that's why you have been hating me so badly all this time—as if I were the arch-fiend himself!
From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
I have been hating you in a way that I never thought I could hate anybody!
From Frank Merriwell's Reward by Standish, Burt L.
"It hurts me more than I can tell to feel that you have been hating me all these months."
From The Hollow of Her Hand by McCutcheon, George Barr
